As posted in the SC thread here, lock in Stu for HTD and confirm F4: Stu, Jarrod, Apollo and Blake (exact order needs to be sleuthed and confirmed when more SCs are made).

Regarding Stu, I definitely think Stu is F1 and imo there was no way he'd go on the show unless he had some sort of guarantee that he'd be the one in the end. A half-billion heir being dumped on TV? Not happening imo. Soph made sure Stu knew he was the one imo and her sending home any perceived frontrunners after Stu arrived confirms that for me.

@AllAboutLove wrote:As posted in the SC thread here, lock in Stu for HTD and confirm F4: Stu, Jarrod, Apollo and Blake (exact order needs to be sleuthed and confirmed when more SCs are made).

Regarding Stu, I definitely think Stu is F1 and imo there was no way he'd go on the show unless he had some sort of guarantee that he'd be the one in the end. A half-billion heir being dumped on TV? Not happening imo. Soph made sure Stu knew he was the one imo and her sending home any perceived frontrunners after Stu arrived confirms that for me.

You're right. Stu being dumped on TV would probably not happen. I don't think he went in with any guarantee though... I think he would have walked out on his own if he wasn't getting reassurances from Sophie... but he was prepared to take the risk.

I have noticed all the little reassurances she keeps giving him on group dates. Especially the Onesie party. I'm sure the other guys are noticing and that's why they keep saying they have chemistry. Also, sending home Luke, and now James (who were the only other viable F1 contenders in my opinion) is surely a sign that her heart is already set. Stu is not stupid.

I really hope Stu's father and brother are at his HTD... I will enjoy it greatly if they are!

Stu's htd is going to be interesting for Sophie and if it was not so obvious she had already made up her mind could have impacted her decision on her F1. Will his daughters be there and where will it be held?

Who in their right mind would keep Blake and Jarrod over James? My post has nothing to do with favourites, I’m quite accustomed to my faves going out pre F1 and everything to do with blatant scripting. Sophie is one good actress and once again I get the feeling we are watching the Truman show with very few genuine players in the game. If it wasn’t for the hilarious comments on this forum I would have no interest in the show at all. I would check sportsbet at the start of the season and tune in for the finale. Booooooooo TPTB. 2017 has been a bloody shocker for you

Sorry if this theory has already been posted, and I know I'm coming into this series late, but is it plausible that the bombshell at Hometowns is Sophie finding out Stu is still married?

If Sophie has chosen Stu, my worry is that she got a bit lost and over-flattered by Stu's determination to be on the show in order that she didn't pick someone else. I can't recall where I read it, but I'm sure Sophie has said in the past that with previous boyfriends she often felt flattered that they had 'picked' her. Feels a bit same/same.

My final thought is that for someone who has expressed her desire to just settle down and have a regular family, she's sure picked a tricky partner who will need to travel away regularly to see his family and attend to business. I wish her the best, but geez...

I agree. I think Soph and Stu make a good fit simply because they enjoy the same lifestyles. Besides that I don't think they are compatible at all. What he said on their date is exactly what Soph wants to hear. That someone 'picked' her. Just look how easy it was for her to kick Luke out when she felt the 'chemistry was off' and he wasn't open with her. I don't see her and Stu lasting. She says she's in love and he is her best lover blah blah blah, but like Kyle said it's only been about a few weeks and truthfully I don't think she realises what she got herself into. And even though Sophie wants kids, I can't imagine her being a stepmother with 4 teenage (?) stepdaughters.

It's the worst kept secret in Australian television: Sophie Monk's choice in the latest season of The Bachelorette. While just about everyone in Sydney is claiming Monk picked money bags publican Stu Laundy, PS now hears that the relationship didn't last much longer than the first ad break after the yet-to-screen finale.

Monk has been out of town for the past fortnight, claiming she could not trust herself to not give up the game before Channel Ten could screen the result.

However, a few of those close to Laundy report he has been wasting no time and launched himself back into Sydney's shark infested singles waters and has been spotted with another glamorous blonde, who was most definitely not Sophie Monk.

It's not true. PS is 'Private Sydney' and they wrote that report over a week ago off the back of those dumb articles saying that Sophie had fled to Thailand to mend her broken heart. She already refuted those.

Thanks @Enough for posting, the only useful thing in that article was "And Woman’s Day have it on good authority the team behind the hit show have followed in the footsteps of The Bachelorette US, by choosing the Namale Resort & Spa on Vanua Levu, Fiji, where Ashley Hebert eventually decided her now husband, JP Rosenbaum, was The One in 2011."